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Show WAIN WRIGHT'S STORY OF TROUBLE WITH REBELS , - American Commander Tells Why He Shelled Insurgent Insur-gent Forces in Santo Domingo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The report of Cant. Richard Walnwright, , commanding com-manding the Newark, regarding his recent re-cent reoonnolssance about Santo Domingo, Do-mingo, has been made publlo at the Navy department , . CapL.. Walnwright found a 'his arrival ar-rival at Sanchez that the daughter and brother-in-law of the American Consular Con-sular agent both bad been wounded by the same bullet in the fighting there. He wrote a letter to the commanders of the Government and Insurgent forces, protesting against further firing In the streets of the city, or toward the houses of the Inhabitants, and to make his protest effective landed a force of twenty marines and a company of blue Jackets. There was no further firing. .Regarding the firing on the American Ameri-can steamship New Tork by the Insurgent Insur-gent forces while she was unloading her cargo, Capt Walnwright says: "I arrived at San Domingo City about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 11th. "The New York reported that she bad entered Monte Crlstl, having a cargo for that place, but that Gen. Morales had fired upon the lighters coming out to take this cargo. . "The New York went to Puerto Plata, where a written agreement was entered Into between Gen. Morales and the Clyde agents, that Abe cargo for Monte Crlstl, with the exception of arms and ammunition, should be deposited depos-ited there in the custom-house and later sent overland to Monte Crlstl. "The whole southeastern peninsula Is in the hands of the - Insurgents and San Domingo City is surrounded and closely invested by about 1200 men of the Insurgent forces. "The steamship New York arrived shortly after me, and at noon went alongside the dock In the river to unload un-load her cargo, about 1900 barrels. "Capt. Miller of the Columbia had made a written agreement with the Commanding Generals of both forces that there would be no firing on that side of the city while the New York was at the dock. "The Columbia's steam launch, with a large United States flag In the bows, went Into the dock preceding the New York, also flying an American flag. The insurgents from the east bank of the river fired upon the New York and upon the Columbia's steam launch. "After consultation with Capt. Miller, and by his direction. I moved to a position po-sition directly opposite the river and shelled the east bank of the river in order or-der to drive back into the interior all insurgents in that neighborhood, preparing pre-paring the way for landing a battalion battal-ion composed of the landing force of the Columbia and Newark. The battalion bat-talion landed at about 4:80. At a small town in the interior the insurgents were found in some force under the command of Gen. Jose Tlbursler. The General was warned to remove bla forces at once back Into the Interior away from the east bank of the river, and that he should not fire on the town again from that side. He signed another an-other written agreement to that effect and at once collected his forces and marched his men Into the Interior. |